Religious scholars from Afghanistan and Pakistan were hosted Friday by the Indonesian ones in Jakarta to discuss the roots and reasons of the ongoing war in Afghanistan and reach an agreement to find a solution and durable peace in the long-time war-torn country, where the people tired of war, bloodshed …
Read More »Ghani tells people to help ensure fair elections
AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has reiterated his call on the nation to help ensure fair and transparent elections which, he described, will per se strengthen democracy in the country. In a meet with relatives of victims of a terrorist attack on a mosque in Yaqubi district, the president said those …
Read More »Atmar, Saudi envoy discuss war on terror, peace quest
AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, Hanif Atmar met Wednesday with the new Saudi Arabian ambassador to Kabul, Jassim bin Mohammed al-Khalidi in his office, the Security Council said. Atmar welcomed the ambassador to Afghanistan, and called his mission important in expanding bilateral relationships. The Saudi ambassador promised to do his best …
Read More »Another attack on voter registration center leaves eight troops dead
AT-KABUL: In yet another attack against a voter registration center in Badghis province, at least eight soldiers have been killed and three other received injuries, a provincial source said on Wednesday. The Provincial Council Head, Abdul Aziz Big said the Taliban insurgents attacked the center in the Laman area in …
Read More »Stockholm 2018 Forum on Peace and Development; Raz highlights development, challenges in Afghanistan
AT-KABUL- Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Cooperation Mrs. Adela Raz attended and delivered a speech at the fifth “Stockholm 2018 Forum on Peace and Development” at the invitation of Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström and; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden, Isabella Lövin. The Event was …
Read More »Iran-US tension may not harm Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: Afghanistan hopes that the US pull out from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and tensions between two countries would not put negative impacts on it. US President, Donald Trump on Tuesday, announced that his country pulled out the nuclear deal with Iran called as Joint Comprehensive Plan Of …
Read More »Daesh fundraiser held in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: A crucial member of the Islamic State (IS), which is also widely known as Daesh terrorists, who was a key fundraiser of the extremist group, have been detained during an operation carried out by the National Directorate of Security (NDS’s) Special Forces in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial official said …
Read More »Amid escalating violence, lawmakers ask security bosses to resign
AT-KABUL: Underscoring the growing insecurity across the country a number of lawmakers at the Wolesi Jirga of the parliament asked the security bosses to step down as they failed to maintain security and their poor war leadership. Deterioration of security has been reached at boiling point as only on Wednesday …
Read More »Editorial: Water crisis looms
The outlook of Afghanistan’s water crisis is not good in the midst of a derelict water infrastructure and weak water management doctrine in Afghanistan and constant bullying of Iran to secure a bigger share of the country’s waters. Decades of war have decimated much of the country. The water infrastructure …
Read More »Karzai appreciates Swiss cooperation with Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai met the Chief of Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Swiss Confederation, Manuel Zagger, as part of his trip for holding the second round of political consultations with the Swiss Confederation, the Foreign Ministry said in a …
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